Transcript of Nixon, Kissinger and U.S. Foreign Policy

US power and prestige1969: New North Vietnamese offensive followed by US bombing of supply routes into Cambodia, but also troop withdrawals and Paris peace talks

1970: Invasion of Cambodia - later stopped by Congress

1972: US elections - announcement that peace was at hand - Christmas bombings to safeguard Thieu government

1973: Peace treaty, but continued arms supply

1975: Us withdrawal - fall of SaigonHow and why did the Vietnam War end?

What were the highlights of the war during Nixon (Ford)?Nixon, Kissinger and U.S. Foreign PolicyRichard Milhous Nixon (1913-1994), Whittier College, Duke Law SchoolHouse of Representatives, 1946-1950US Senate, 1950-1953Vice-President, 1953-1961President, 1969-1974Henry Kissinger, born 1923 (Heinz Alfred Kissinger)PhD, Political Science, Harvard UniversityFaculty member at Harvard - consultant for various congressional committees in the 1950s - consultant for the NSC staff under Kennedy - consultant for moderate Republican Nelson Rockefeller 1960, 1964, 1968